Display-fixture.



Patented July n6, [90L H. G. ROTH.

DISPLAY FIXTURE.

(Application filed Jan. 24, 1901.)

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HENRY G. ROTH, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

DISPLAY-FIXTURE.

SEEQIFIQATION farming part of Letters Patent No. 678,687, dated July 16, 1901.

Application filed January 24, 1901- Serial No. 44,551. (No model.)

To a whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY G. ROTH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county OfIIennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display-Fixtures; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the .same.

My present invention relates to portable wall display-fixtures especially adapted for use in retail stores to give to the walls an artistic appearance and to afford means for supporting various advertisements where they will be readily seen.

To the above ends the invention consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described, and defined in the claims.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is an end elevation of a fixture formed by three plates. Fig. 2 is a plan view with some parts broken away, showing one of the plates used in the arrangement illustrated in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an end view of the plate shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4: is a view corresponding to Fig. 1, but illustrating a modified construction of the plates which make up the fixture. Fig. 5 is a plan view with some parts broken away, showing one of the plates used in the construction illustrated in Fig. 4:. Fig. 6 is an end view of the plate illustrated in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a plan view with parts broken away, showing one of the plates constructed of woven-wire work. Fig. 8 is an end View of the plates shown in Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a detail of a coupling-staple. Fig. 10 is a transverse section on the line x 00 of Fig. 5. Fig. 11 is a detail showing the rectangular joint or corner of the fixture illustrated in Fig. 4. Fig. 12 is a section on the line 00 40 of Fig. 11; and Figs. 13 to 17, inclusive, are diagram views illustrating various styles of fixture which may be made up by the use of the detachable plates illustrated in the foregoing views.

As illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, the simplest form of fixture is made up of two flat plates (1, of rectangular outline and one curved plate a, also having a rectangularoutline. The plates at are of the same width, and the plate a is bent to form a cylindrical surface the curve of which is struck from a radius which is equal to the width of either of the plates a. Hence when these plates at and a are connected, as shown in Fig. 1, they form a quadrant of acylinder of rotation.

In Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, the plates a and a are formed of thin flat metal perforated at their margins, as indicated by the character a By means of these perforations a and by means of wires, staples, or similar devices passed therethrough the edges of the plates may be connected, as shown in Figs. 1,

13, 14, and 15, or they may be connected at their edges and also at intermediate points, as indicated in Figs. 16 and 17.

In the construction illustrated in Figs. 4, 5, and 6 the plates at and a, which in this instance may be either of cardboard, metal, or any other suitable material, are provided with rectangular marginal frames Z), which are grooved at b to receive them and are provided with perforations, as indicated at 5 By means of staples b the ends of which are adapted to be sprung into the perforations b the frames Z) are adapted to be secured at their end and intermediate portions or at their longitudinal edges in the same manner as are the plates previously described. The manner of applying the staples b is illustrated in Figs. 11 and 12.

In Figs. 7 and 8 the plates (only one of the plates at being shown) are shown as formed of woven wire or reticulate material, and with 'this construction perforations corresponding to the perforations a are of course afforded by the meshes of the screen. This screen material may be covered with cloth, in which case it would afford a surface to which various articles of dry goods may be pinned or otherwise attached, or it may be left bare, except when covered with advertising matter. Again, the screen material may be left uncovered and have various designs woven into the mesh thereof.

As illustrated in Figs. 14 to 17, inclusive, a greater number than three plates maybe used to form the fixture. In Fig. 13 two plates to and one late a are used and the curved plate a is by full lines shown as turned with its convex side inward and by dotted lines with its convex side turned outward. The same arrangement is illustrated in Fig. 15, except that the plate a is turned convex side outward in its full-line position and an additional convex plate a is suspended from the lower edge of the overlying flat plate a. In Fig. 14 the arrangement is similar to that illustrated in Fig. 13, except that the three connected plates at and a are lowered and an additional curved plate a is supported above the same, with its outer and lower edge attached to the outer edges of the lower curved plate a and upper flat plate a. In Fig. 16 two curved plates 01/ are connected to form an ogee curve, and in addition to the two rectangularly connected flat plates at a third curved plate a is used to support the upper curved plate a. In Fig. 17 three fiat plates at and three curved plates a are connected to form a sort of an overlying hood adjacent to the ceiling.

It will be noted that the various designs of fixture above illustrated are connected together-that is, the plates of the same are so connected that the entire section may be secured to the wall by one or more nails or similar devices 0 driven through one of the plates and into the wall. Various other designs may of course be made up by the use of a greater or less number of the flat and curved plates.

The fixture is of course adapted to be readily knocked down for the purposes of shipment and may be packed in a very small space. At the same time the fixture when applied to the wall does not become permanent, as it may be readily taken down bodily or otherwise, and does not deface the wall or ceiling.

It will of course be understood that advertising cards or matter for advertising various goods or articles sold may be readily applied by various means to the exposed surfaces of the fixture. It will also be understood that modifications other than those above indicated may be made in the scope of my invention.

7 What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is as follows:

1. A knockdown display-fixture made up of a plurality of separable plates, andprovided with means for detachably securing said plates in different adjustments, to form various configurations,substantially as described.

2. A display-fixture comprising at least one.

curved and two flat plates, and means for detachably securing the same together to form various configurations, substantially as described.

3. A display-fixture comprising a plurality of curved and flat plates and means for detachably securing the same together in dif ferent relative positions, to produce various configurations, substantially as described.

4. A display-fixture comprising one curved and two flat plates; and means for detachably securing said plates together, which curved plate is the arc of a circle whose radius is the width of said fiat plates and which plates when put together form the quadrant of a cylinder, substantially as described.

5. A display-fixture comprising a plurality of plates having perforated margins, and means cooperating with said marginal perforations for detaching and uniting said plates, either at their margins or at their marginal and intermediate portions, whereby said plates may be detachably secured in different relative positions, substantially as described.

6. A display-fixture comprising a plurality of flat and curved plates, having perforated margins and spring-staples cooperating with said perforations to detachably unite the plates, substantially as described.

7. A knockdown wall display fixture comprising a plurality of fiat and curved plates formed of reticulate material, and means for detachably and adjustably uniting the edges of said plates whereby they may be secured in different adjustments, substantially as described. V

8. A knockdown display-fixture, made up of a plurality of plates, at least one of which, is curved, and two of which, are flat, and means for detachably connecting certain of the plates to permit the same to be knocked down, substantially as described.

9. A knockdown display-fixture, comprising a plurality of fiat and curved plates formed of reticulate material, and a device cooperating with the meshes of said plates to detachably unite the same at their edges, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY G. ROTH.

Witnesses:

M. M. McGRoRY, F. D. MERCHANT. 

